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Sales in selected departments
Department
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
SOCIAL ""/EEKLY REPORT ON DEPARTMENT STORE SALES—UNITED STATES SUMMAKT
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Sfp 2 8
September 27, 1951*
Monthly unatr$*t($@d indexes
Percentage change from a year ago
(19lt7-lt9 average monthly sales - 100)
It weeks
One week ending
1953
ending
1954
Sept. 1 Aug. July | June
Sept.10 Sept.11(Sept.4 (Aug.20 Sept.10 Aug. !1 July I June I May
May
GRAND TOTAL SALES 1/ 2/
- 1
- 5
+17
+ 1
+ 3
p 86
76
96
93
100
87
77
97
99
Furniture and bedding
+ k
+ l
+17
- 2
+ it
pl29
110
ioh
108
112
136
112
111
116
Domestic floor coverings
+ It
0
+17
- h
+ 3
P 76
61
62
80
93
83
61
67
85
Major appliances
+ 2
+21
+13
+13
+11
P 73
92
88
65
70
7lt
83
88
72
Radio, phonograph, TV
- 3
+ 6
+1h
+9
+ 5
P 92
73
73
73
119
93
73
75
7b
Total of U departments 1/
+ 2
+h
+15
0
+ 5
plOO
90
87
87
99
10lt
89
91
93
ALL OTHER SALES 1/
- 1
- 6
+18
+ 1
+ 2
P 85
7it
97
9it
100
8U
76
98
99
r—Revised
p—Preliminary.
1/ Monthly indexes f o r this category are not released publicly; they are shown here solely to permit comparisons with departmental changes.
~2/ Figures are based on the abbreviated sample described in note below and are presented here solely to permit comparisons with departmental
~ changes. For weekly movements of t o t a l department store s a l e s , r e f e r to the regular weekly sales report H.8a (based on about 550 s t o r e s ) .
Note;—-Total national sample i s comprised of some 115 stores (varies s l i g h t l y among departments) of the approximately 350 stores regularly
reporting monthly departmental figures.
CONFIDENTIAL - F. R.
United States
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York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
S t . Louis
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco
United States
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Richmond
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Wii<cago
S t . Louis
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco
For footnotes, see page 1.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
SPECIAL WEEKLY REPORT ON DEPARTMENT STORE SALES—SUMMARY BY DISTRICTS
Sales in Selected Departments
Page 2
(Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago)
Major
household
appliances
Domestic
floor
coverings
Furniture and bedding
h weeks
it weeks
h weeks
One week ending
One week ending
One week ending
ending
ending
ending
Sept.Id
Sept.
lb
(Sept.
11
|Sept.ii
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2b
Sept.10
Sept.lb
|Sept.
11
|Sept.ii
|Aug.
2F
Sept.lb
Sept. lb | Sept. I l l Sept. ii| Aug. 28"
+11
+13
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+21
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+
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-11
- it
0
-18
+23
+13
+ 5
- 1
+35
+15
8
-ii6
-25
2
-3U
-16
-lilt
-27
+ 7
- 3
- 1
-10
-15
+ l
-35
+16
+19
+38
+21
+
3
+19
+20
+ 3
+57
-16
+11
+15
-10
-12
- 7
+ 7
-lit
+ it
-lit
- 2
+15
+26
-111
+22
+ 7
+18
42 it
+ 2
+9
+25
- 7
+ 8
+ it
+17
- h
+ 6
+ 1
+10
-12
+ 7
+12
+13
+19
-12
+30
-12
-12
- it
+ 2
+11
Radios,phonographs,television, etc.
It weeks
One week ending
ending
Sept. lb [Sept. 11 jSept.ii [Aug. 2b ipt.18
- 3
+ 6
+lit
+ 9
TT
+ 2
"TT
+ 7
"+HT
W
0
- 9
- 1
-26
- 8
+ 1
+12
-29
+36
-Hi
+ 1
+19
0
+19
-2it
-12
-29
0
+56
+ 8
+ 3
-18
+23
- it
+20
+2it
- 6
-10
+29
-12
+ 9
+19
+17
-13
+20
+18
-11
+36
-32
+13
-15
-lilt
-lit
0
0
- ii
- it
- 3
r - it
Total of it departments
+7
-lit
- 3
- 6
+13
489
- 2
-27
-10
- 6
+30
+81
+kh
-21
+19
- 9
-17
+ 8
+31
-11
+75
+2it
+21
-20
+13
+17
+69
+ 1
-10
+36
+20
+10
+12
-21
+36
+ltlt
+71
+76
+5o
+ 2
+11
+33
+ 2
+11
r+ 9
Grand Total—entire store
it weeks
One week ending
One week ending
ending
Sept. lb [Sept. 11 |Sept. it Aug. 2b Sept.lb Sept. lb 1|Sept, I T |Sept.ii {Aug 28
+17
+1
- 1
- 5
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0
T
T
+10
T
+ 1
-21
"^~T"
- 7
+ 8
r-10
+3ii
+11
+ 2
+26
+7
- 6
+ 8
+20
-17
- 1
-13
-15
-36
-lit
- 7
+ 7
+25
- it
-12
-lit
+ 2
0
+25
- 6
- 7
- 3
-15
+ 6
-20
0
+10
- 5
+ 8
+32
+29
+31
+ 5
+ilt
+57
+33
+21
+31
+ 2
+lii
+ 1
+17
+23
+ 3
-17
+ 7
0
- 5
+19
+27
+16
+20
+ 3
+17
+30
+10
+ 7
+25
+ 2
+18
+10
+ 1
-lit
+61
- 9
-lit
-10
+it5
+ 2
- 8
+15
+31
+11
-10
-28
-lit
+15
-16
- 9
+30
+ 3
-12
+ 1
+iil
+ 7
- 9
- 3
+20
+ it
+ 3
+ilO
+ 6
+ 9
- 7
-lit
+6
- 1
+11
+11
- 9
+ 8
+3
+19
+ 8
- 6
- 3
+5
o
-
2
-13
r- it
+7
+22
+ 8
+
1
+19
+15
+
+
5
+28
6
h
r+ it
- 1
- 1
- 1
+11
+ it
+ it
+17
+31
+15
+71
+ 9
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